Plague of Athens

Period

430–426 BC

Map

Epidemics map

The Plague of Athens was an epidemic that devastated the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. The plague killed an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 people, around 25% of the population, and is believed to have entered Athens through Piraeus, the city's port and sole source of food and supplies. Thucydides, an Athenian survivor, wrote that much of the eastern Mediterranean also saw an outbreak of the disease, albeit with less impact.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. 508 BCReforms of Cleisthenes and Athenian democracy
2. 490 BCBattle of Marathon
3. 480 BCBattle of Thermopylae
4. 430–426 BCPlague of AthensThis page
5. AD 380Christianity becomes the Roman state religion
6. 1912–1913First Balkan War
7. 1913Second Balkan War

Who ruled this land

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